A composer-arranger who worked with...

LEROY HOLMES, 72,

July 31, 1986

LOS ANGELES — LEROY HOLMES, 72, a composer-arranger who worked with bandleader Harry James in the 1940s and conducted an MGM Records orchestra in the 1950s, died Sunday. While working with James, Holmes arranged such hits as ''I Cried for You'' and ''Crazy Rhythm.'' He also provided arrangements for and recorded with such vocalists as Art Lund, Gloria Lynne, Helen Forrest, Shirley Bassey, Dinah Shore and Nelson Eddy.